Follow the Boys (1944 film)

Follow the Boys
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	A. Edward Sutherland
Written by	Lou Breslow Gertrude Purcell
Produced by	Charles K. Feldman
Starring	George Raft Vera Zorina
Cinematography	David Abel
Edited by	Fred R. Feitshans Jr.
Music by	Fred E. Ahlert Billy Austin Dick Charles Kermit Goell Leigh Harline Inez James Louis Jordan Larry Markes Jimmy McHugh Phil Moore Buddy Pepper Hughie Prince Frank Skinner Roy Turk Oliver Wallace
Production company	Chas. K. Feldman Group Productions
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	April 25, 1944 (1944-04-25) (New York City) May 5, 1944 (1944-05-05) (United States)
Running time	122 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2 million[1]

Follow the Boys also known as Three Cheers for the Boys is a 1944 musical film made by Universal Pictures during World War II as an all-star cast morale booster to entertain the troops abroad and the civilians at home. The film was directed by A. Edward "Eddie" Sutherland and produced by Charles K. Feldman. The movie stars George Raft and Vera Zorina and features Grace McDonald, Charles Grapewin, Regis Toomey and George Macready. At one point in the film, Orson Welles saws Marlene Dietrich in half during a magic show. W.C. Fields, in his first movie since 1941, performs a classic pool-playing presentation he first developed in vaudeville four decades earlier in 1903.^[2]

Making appearances are Walter Abel, Carmen Amaya, The Andrews Sisters, Evelyn Ankers, Louise Beavers, Noah Beery Jr., Turhan Bey, Steve Brodie, Nigel Bruce, Lon Chaney Jr., the Delta Rhythm Boys, Andy Devine, Marlene Dietrich, W. C. Fields, Susanna Foster, Thomas Gomez, Louis Jordan and His Orchestra, Ted Lewis and His Band, Jeanette MacDonald, Maria Montez,^[3] Clarence Muse, Donald O'Connor, Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom, Arthur Rubinstein, Peggy Ryan, Randolph Scott, Dinah Shore, Freddie Slack and His Orchestra, Gale Sondergaard, Sophie Tucker, and Orson Welles, among many others.